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By the Numbers
15 Facts You Should Know About the Jews of France
The country with the largest Jewish population, after the Land of Israel and the United States, French Jews have experienced both severe persecution and incredible growth.
The country with the largest Jewish population, after the Land of Israel and the United States, French Jews have experienced both severe persecution and incredible growth.
10 Questions: Take the Jewish Kingdoms Quiz
Do you know which Jewish kingdom once flourished in southern Arabia?
Do you know which Jewish kingdom once flourished in southern Arabia?
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How Do We Know There Won't Be Another Exile After This One?
The Jewish people have been redeemed twice before—once from Egyptian servitude and again from Babylonian exile. So what is it about the current dispersion that assures us the next redemption will be a permanent homecoming?
The Jewish people have been redeemed twice before—once from Egyptian servitude and again from Babylonian exile. So what is it about the current dispersion that assures us the next redemption will be a permanent homecoming?
What Does the Name Fruma Mean?
Fruma is a Jewish girls’ name, whose meaning is not as straightforward as you might think!
Fruma is a Jewish girls’ name, whose meaning is not as straightforward as you might think!
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Project Purpose
Project Purpose, an 18-week journey toward discovering and actualizing your unique purpose in life.
Project Purpose, an 18-week journey toward discovering and actualizing your unique purpose in life.
The Freeman Files
The Moon and Us
To an ancient Greek or a Hindu, passive stillness is masculine, activity and motion are feminine. To a Taoist, action is masculine and passiveness is feminine. In other words, if it is a virtue it is masculine. The Jew turns the pyramid on its head
To an ancient Greek or a Hindu, passive stillness is masculine, activity and motion are feminine. To a Taoist, action is masculine and passiveness is feminine. In other words, if it is a virtue it is masculine. The Jew turns the pyramid on its head
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Warming Food on Shabbat
Forgot to put up the cholent before Shabbat—are you stuck with cold food?
Forgot to put up the cholent before Shabbat—are you stuck with cold food?
Birthday
Parshah
What Does the Word “Pekudei” Mean?
While it is commonly translated as “numbers” or “accounting” the term also lends itself to other interpretations.
While it is commonly translated as “numbers” or “accounting” the term also lends itself to other interpretations.
Getting to Know You
I find that life has gotten difficult. I wonder why G‑d has chosen to give me ALS.
I find that life has gotten difficult. I wonder why G‑d has chosen to give me ALS.
Sound the great shofar for our redemption, raise a banner to gather our exiles; gather us from the four corners of the earth to our land. Blessed are You, G-d, who gathers the dispersed of Israel.
— From the daily Amidah prayer
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For a mitzvah is a candle and Torah is light. (Proverbs 6:23)
Every mitzvah shines its particular light into our world. And there will come a time when you will see that light with your eyes.
Except the candles that are lit for Shabbat before sunset. They shine a light you can see right now.
It may seem an ordinary li...
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